Thursday, December 16, 2004
...Did you say judicial blackface?
From the New York Times:
LOUISIANA: SUSPENSION FOR JUDGE AFTER RACIAL JOKE
The State Supreme Court gave a six-month suspension to a state judge who dressed in an Afro wig, handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit for a Halloween party at a restaurant. The judge, Timothy C. Ellender of Terrebonne Parish, said he was joking that his new wife, dressed as a police officer, had control of him. Unsatisfied with the joke's reception, the Ellenders applied blackface.
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posted by Dawkins : 12/16/2004 05:14:00 PM
LOUISIANA: SUSPENSION FOR JUDGE AFTER RACIAL JOKE
The State Supreme Court gave a six-month suspension to a state judge who dressed in an Afro wig, handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit for a Halloween party at a restaurant. The judge, Timothy C. Ellender of Terrebonne Parish, said he was joking that his new wife, dressed as a police officer, had control of him. Unsatisfied with the joke's reception, the Ellenders applied blackface.
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posted by Dawkins : 12/16/2004 05:14:00 PM
